'Love is Strange' on  5 November 2023 is now SOLD OUT  + the Ten Stories and their Authors

On sale for just a week and a half, all tickets for 'Love is Strange' have now SOLD OUT so our ten authors will read to an audience of 150 people. 17 of our last 18 events sold out in advance. Thank you to everyone who has bought tickets.

The event takes place at the Cotswold Playhouse, Parliament Street, Stroud, GL5 1LW on Sunday 5 November at 7.30 (doors 7.00). There is a bar.

'Love is Strange' is the opening event of the Stroud Book Festival.

These brilliant stories will be read by their authors -

At the Nail Bar - Sallie Anderson (Cheltenham)

The Composer's Tall Trees - Steve Wheeler (Tewkesbury)

Date Night - Alfie Fox (Stroud)

The Dreaming - Sean W. Quigley (Gloucester)

For Darkness is as Light to You - Georgia Boon (Stroud)

Obituaries - Rebecca Klassen (Gloucester)

Prey for Love - Keith Errington (Stroud)

A Second Shot - James Sinkinson (Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge)

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not - Mark Rutterford (Filton, S.Gloucs)

Your Own Pre-Meditated Pelt - Gillian Metheringham (Stroud)

We particularly welcome our newcomers, Alfie and Keith, who will be the 128th and 129th writers to read at SSS. We also welcome back James after an 8 year break.

The event will have an amazing range of stories - from the beautiful, poignant and sad to the witty and hilarious and, in one case, the terrifying. Don't miss it!

John 

We are now closed for submissions for the 5 November event 'Love is Strange'. HUGE thanks to everyone who submitted their stories. 

We received a total of 106 stories, some 22 more than for our last event. These were the work of 79 local writers.

My co-judge Debbie Young and I will announce the ten winners who will read their stories at the 5 November 'Love is Strange' event on Wednesday 11 October. Please check out this website.

TICKETS, priced at £10, are available from the Cotswold Playhouse website on Friday 13 October.

The event takes place at the Cotswold Playhouse in Parliament Street, Stroud on Sunday 5 November at 7.30pm (doors 7.00). This is the opening event of the Stroud Book Festival.

This event will not be recorded.

John